HB3500 will come before the Executive Committee at
anytime. This bill is amended to be an exception
for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, in
order to keep firearms ownership information
private. Under this bill, information about those
who have applied for or received a Firearm Owners
Identification Card (FOID) shall not be disclosed
unless it is necessary as part of a criminal
investigation.
This bill is needed since the Illinois Attorney
General's office decided that FOID holder data is
public information that cannot be withheld from a
FOIA request, in this case one that was filed by the
Associate Press. The Illinois State Police has long
held that this is private information since the
implementation of the FOID Act began over 40 years
ago.
We could see a vote at any time, so please call
members of the Senate Executive Committee at once to
express your wish to keep your FOID information
private!